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Louisiana has about 125,000 miles of natural gas pipeline. And nationwide, such pipelines cover more miles than paved roads in the United States. Those facts were shared Wednesday by U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson's office in announcing nearly $1.3 million to further pipeline safety in the state. "It goes without saying that the safety during the creation and use of these pipelines is of… Read more »

The International Association of Geophysical Contractors (IAGC) today in a hearing of the House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on “Examining Impacts of Federal Natural Resources Laws Gone Astray, Part II” appealed to Congress to make changes to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) of the… Read more »

Reps. Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Mike Johnson (R-LA) are leading a bipartisan group of lawmakers to introduce comprehensive, bicameral legislation today that reauthorizes and reforms the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), H.R. 3285. Senators John Kennedy (R-LA) and Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA) are sponsoring “The Sustainable, Affordable, Fair, and Efficient (SAFE) National Flood… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson joined 11 other freshman members of Congress in a letter published Tuesday by Fox News urging the U.S. Senate to act on repealing the Affordable Care Act. Johnson, who represents a northwest Louisiana district that includes Bossier and Caddo parishes, tweeted a link the letter, saying: "The American people simply cannot afford to live under the crushing… Read more »

The bill, passed Friday, must still get the Senate's stamp and President Trump's signature before it becomes law. Abraham said Louisiana's federal military bases and troops would thrive under the bill, which he said would stave off any reductions or closures in the state. Fort Polk was most recently at risk in 2015. "We have to be on guard against any future troop or base… Read more »

Last week, headlines announced: “Two Republican Senators declare bid to repeal health care law ‘dead.’”  Making matters worse, Senator John McCain suffered a blood clot, causing Senate Majority Leader McConnell to further delay action.  While we pray for Senator McCain’s speedy recovery, we House Republican freshmen are concerned by this… Read more »

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On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2810, the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, to authorize military operations through 2018. This legislation provides a pay raise for our troops as well as an increase in funding to restore and modernize all Services. It also improves our nuclear weapon stockpile and missile defense. Rep. Mike Johnson… Read more »

The Webster Parish Police Jury is drafting a resolution to Gov. John Bel Edwards, Sen. Bill Cassidy, Sen. John Kennedy and Rep. Mike Johnson in support of obtaining federal funding for the Regional Training Institute at Camp Minden. Col. Carl Thompson, (RET), spoke to the jury about a meeting Edwards was set to have with the chief of the National Guard Bureau Tuesday about federal… Read more »

Lawmakers attached several cybersecurity-focused amendments to the fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization Act in a last-minute effort Wednesday to change how the federal government defends itself from cyberattacks and how the military conducts offensive cyber-operations. The House was still working on the bill as of Thursday afternoon. The provisions added Wednesday… Read more »